Givet

Givet is a commune in the Ardennes department of northern France, located very close to the Belgian border. The apostle Hubertus lived there in 720 and performed a miracle. The town would change hands several times without history, with France conquering it from the Spanish Netherlands in 1678 during the Franco-Dutch War. The town was later occupied by the Imperial Russian Army in 1814 and by the German Wehrmacht in 1940, and the city was liberated on 7 September 1944. On 24 December 1944, the Ardennes offensive was halted 10 kilometers from Givet due to a last-ditch defense by the British. In 2008, Givet had a population of 6,736 people.